Plane.



Patented July 30,1901;

L. KEMLINE,

P L A N E.

(Application fllad Oct. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

lM/ENTOH In Mama/ 9127922223914 WITNESSES A 77'0HNEYS UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

LUDWIG KEMLINE, OF PINOLE, CALIFORNIA.

PLANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,424, dated July 30,1901. Application filed October 27,1900. Serial No. 34,625. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUDWIG KEMLINE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Pinole, in the county of Contra Costa and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and Improved Plane, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a plane or other tool with ahandle which may be adjusted transversely of the plane, so as to placethe hand of the user in any position desired with respect to thetransverse extent of the plane. By these means the operator may avoidbruising his hands or otherwise interfering with the work when it is ofsuch character as will make it inconvenient to use the tool with thehandle in the middle thereof.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure l is a side View of the invention with parts in section, and Fig.2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The-plane is constructed in the usual manner, except that the body isformed with two transverse grooves a, which open at the upper side ofthe body and which are undercut, as shown. The cross-sectional form ofthe grooves a is immaterial so long as the opening at the top of thegrooves is of less width than the opening below the top. The pup'pose ofthis is to hold in the grooves the blocks 1) in such a manner as toprevent the blocks from moving upward or transversely out of thegrooves. These blocks are freely handle a by screws or other devices, asshown. 50

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. A plane or analogous tool having an undercutgroove in the upper side thereof, said groove extending transversely ofthe plane, a block adj ustably mounted in the groove, a handle, abase-plate on which the handle is mounted, and a fastening deviceextending between the base-plate and block to bind the block against thewalls of the groove and adjustably hold the handle.

2. A plane or analogous tool having two undercut grooves formed in itsupper side, said grooves extending transversely of the plane, a blockadjustable in each groove, a base-plate extending from one groove to theother and having ribs fitting in the grooves, fastening devicesextending between the block and the base-plate, and a handle fastened tothe base-plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUDWIG KEMLINE.

W'itnesses:

JAMES SILVAS, A. MCCULLOUGH.

